When I opened my eyes, everything was blurred by the tears. I was curled up in a ball on my bed with William's hand on my back.
"Hey, you alive?" I couldn't help but give a shaky laugh as he rolled me over and poked my cheek. "You alive? You're laughing, but zombies can do that too."
"Wait, zombies are real?"
"Yeah, there's a few dimensions were with a zombie apocalypse."
"Scary."
"For you maybe."
He wiped the remaining tears away as I stared up at him. I was grinning at him. He flashed me his mischievous smile as he pinned me down on top of the bed.
"What are you doing William? You're totally in my personal space." He grabbed my wrists and pinned them to my chest.
"What, is this bothering you?"
"Yes."
"What about this?" He leaned closer until his face was barely an inch from my face. I wasn't sure whether to feel afraid by his sudden loss of sanity or laugh because of how he was acting.
"Are you trying to annoy me?"
"If I wanted to annoy you, I would. No, I want to know what makes you uncomfortable."
"And what makes you uncomfortable, William?"
He didn't lean away as his smile grew wider. I matched his grin as I leaned in and kissed him. His eyes widened and he jumped away, falling on the floor. As I laughed, he began whipping his lips with his sleeve.
"You're a strange one, you know that?" He gave me a look of disgust as he stood up and dusted off his pants, but his eyes were filled with humor.
"You're the one who pinned me onto the bed," I sat up on my elbows and grinned at him.
"Whatever you say, freak." He took off his hat and bowed to me.
A shot chapter because I'm feeling lazy.